title: First "themed issue" of Transfusion on thirty years of progress in blood safety since recognition of transfusion-associated AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA. mbusch@bloodsystems.org.
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Ness
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission*; D001782:Blood Donors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D058731:Blood Safety / Q000639:trends*; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D064826:Transfusion Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D065227:Transfusion Reaction